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South Gate Meteorological Station (No. 41)

Description:

South Gate Meteorological Station (No. 41) is located about 2 km north of the south boundary of the Sevilleta on the east side of the refuge

Site Details:

Vegetation

The area around the station can be classified as desert grassland, dominated by (Hilaria jamesii), blue grama grass (B. gracilis) with lesser amounts of various drop seeds and sacatons (Sporobolus spp.).

Soils

Bucklebar sandy clay loam

Landform

Slope/Aspect: Approximately 1-2%, westerly aspect.
Terrain/Physiography: Very flat with surrounding hills in all directions except to the northeast

Geology

Finest soils of any of the weather stations - no discernible caliche layer.

Hydrology

Hydrology - surface/groundwater: Surface water present only during rainfall events (particularly summer thunderstorms). One major arroyos flows by just south of the station.